Table of Contents

March 1982, Vol. 74, No. 6

24 Picking books: classic titles, quirky tastes The business of deciding which ones of all the books in the world should become the property of Dartmouth's libraries. Plus The Kiss and Its History and other "reviews."

30 The naivete of nuclear rivalry George Kennan, recipient of the 1981 Grenville Clark Prize, considers a subject deemed "unthinkable" since 1945.

34 'One day it came to me: sherry for breakfast was a good idea' Straight talk on alcoholism from some men and women who have been there. A Dartmouth conference.

36 1850: the crisis of Union 'No sir! No sir! There will be no secession.' By backing the Compromise of 1850, Daniel Webster helped stave off the "irrepressible conflict."

Departments

2 Letters

6 Wearers of the Green

13 Reviews

18 In the Wide, Wide World

20 The College

42 Sports

44 Class Notes

80 Obituaries

Cover Voyaging in the library stacks, photographed by Nancy Wasserman '77.